Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Wednesday, 26 December, to discuss various issues pertaining to the state.
This was KCR’s first meeting with the Prime Minister after being sworn-in for a second term.
Rao discussed a variety of issues with the prime minister, including release of funds for 10 backward districts, setting up of a separate high court for Telangana, Kendriya Vidyalayas in new districts, reported PTI.
He also reiterated the demand for the transfer of the Bison/Polo ground, a defence land in Secunderabad, for the construction of the new Secretariat, establishment of the Indian Institute of Informational Technology (IIIT) in Karimnagar and establishment of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Hyderabad, news agency, IANS reported.
The Chief Minister also sought the establishment of 21 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) in new districts, sanction for the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Hyderabad, revival of the Cement Corporation of India (CCI) in Adilabad in joint collaboration with the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) as proposed by the Ministry of Surface Transport.
PM Modi responded to Roa’s requests positively, IANS reported citing Chief Minister Office notice.
Roa’s Meeting with Bengal & Odisha CM to Form Non-BJP Front
Before coming to Delhi on Monday, KCR had met his West Bengal and Odisha counterparts Mamata Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik. He had said that his mission was to form a non-Congress, non-BJP front and that he will unveil a plan for it soon.
KCR is also scheduled to meet Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) chiefs Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav.
SP leader Akhilesh Yadav has said that he would visit Hyderabad in the coming days to meet Rao. He said he would meet Rao after 6 January in Hyderabad as he could not be in Delhi on December 25 and 26 as planned earlier. Earlier, the TRS chief had planned to meet Akhilesh Yadav in Delhi at the residence of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.
“Efforts to bring all parties together have been ongoing for many months; I congratulate the Telangana chief minister for working in this direction. He has been trying to bring together a federal front, I’ll go to Hyderabad to meet him.”Akhilesh Yadav on 26 December, as quoted by ANI
‘Wonder Whether he Told Modi About Federal Front’: Naidu
Following the meeting between Rao and Modi, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday during a press meeting in Amaravati said the TRS president's actions didn't match his words, adding that he wonders whether he (Roa) briefed Modi on the formation of the proposed Federal Front, IANS reported.
Naidu said KCR who was calling on leaders of various parties till the other day had now met Modi.
“Are you meeting Modi to discuss the state’s issues or to brief him (on the proposed front)?”N Chandrababu Naidu, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister
Naidu, whose party pulled out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) early this year, recently joined hands with the Congress and is trying to forge an anti-BJP alliance for the 2019 elections.
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